Reports of adults at risk rise in past year

New admissions were restricted because of safeguarding issues at eight care homes in Northumberland in the past year.
Three of those affected in 2015/16 were part of a group where there were concerns about leadership and the suspension was enforced by the council. This suspension was still in place as of March 31.
A further two homes had their registration temporarily suspended by the Care Quality Commission due to concerns about the quality and safety of the service.
Meanwhile, the number of Adult Concern Notifications was almost the same last year (4,782) as in 2014/15 (4,795).
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